Adhesive-backed Label (e.g., Postage Or Revenue Stamp) Patents (Class 40/638)
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Patent number: 6291044Abstract: A tape for sealing a package has a layer of adhesive on one side thereof with an adhesive attenuator superimposed along one edge portion thereof. The tape is initially bondable to the package in its entirety but the edge portion is relatively easily severable from the package to facilitate stripping of the entire tape from said package.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1999Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Inventor: John M. Chayka
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Patent number: 6279960Abstract: A label sheet having at least two labels for a compact disc. The compact disc has a read side and a reverse side with an outer diameter of the readable or writable area of the read side being less than the outer diameter of the disc and having a first inner diameter forming an aperture for the disc and a second inner diameter which is larger than the first forming a step. The labels have a dimension so that an inner diameter of the label forming an aperture or opening in the label is greater than the second internal diameter of the disc, preferably by an amount of 2 mm to 4 mm, and the label has an outer diameter which is less than the outer diameter of the readable or writable area, so that an annular ring of the readable area is visible around the periphery of the label.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1999Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Inventor: Werner Claussnitzer
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Patent number: 6276725Abstract: A security label for a specimen container comprising a generally elongated strip of label material having a plurality of lines of perforations is disclosed. Also disclosed is a security label for a specimen container having a line of perforations. The line or lines of perforations of the disclosed invention extend across the width of the generally elongated strip of label material. A method of securing a specimen container is also disclosed. The method disclosed involves providing a security label comprising a generally elongated strip of label material defining a first surface and a second surface. A plurality of lines of perforations extend across the width of the generally elongated strip of label material. The security label is then adhered to a specimen container so that the center portion of the security label is aligned with the lid of a specimen container.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1999Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: The Standard Register CompanyInventors: David F. Laurash, Sherry L. Bannister, David Dwyer, Peter J. Sagona
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Patent number: 6272780Abstract: A label with an applied handle having a liner material, a label and a handle. The label has an upper surface and lower surface and is secured to the liner by an adhesive layer on its lower surface. The adhesive layer allows the label to be peeled off the liner with the adhesive remaining on the lower surface of the label. The handle is affixed to the upper surface of the label, and includes an elongate strip and a hanger. The elongate strip has an upper and a lower surface extending continuously across an entire length of the label. The lower surface of the elongate strip is firmly secured to the upper surface of the label by a strong bonding material and a hanger portion integrally connected to the elongate strip and extending therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1999Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Pharmaceutic Litho & Label Company, Inc.Inventor: Hratch Satamian
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Patent number: 6261658Abstract: A standable sticker is provided comprising an integral one-piece shape that is divided into a figure portion and a base portion. The base portion is adapted for permanent or removable adherence to a surface, and is coated on one side with a pressure sensitive adhesive. A perforated or scored line defines a boundary between the figure portion and base portion and the figure portion in foldable at an angle to the base portion at the perforated or scored line to permit the figure portion to be presented in a substantially vertical orientation. The sticker is adapted for releasable adhesion to liner material or substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1997Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Allied Graphics, Inc.Inventor: Charles W. Schmidt
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Publication number: 20010003879Abstract: A method facilitating the production of an identification plate comprising a rigid backing plate having a peripheral upstanding rim bounding a flat area to receive a carrier sheet, one surface of which is printed with indicia and the other surface of which has a contact adhesive. In the method an edge of the carrier sheet is aligned in registration with the plate and the adhesive surface at said edge contacted therewith; the sheet then being progressively pressed into contact with the plate over the flat area using a pressure roller. The pressure roller has a recess, channel or depression to receive the upstanding rim. The apparatus used includes a housing 10 mounted on a base 11 which has an elongate extension platform 12. The housing contains a roller 13 turned by means of a motor and drive unit 14. The roller has a surface formed by a layer of rubber material 15 which includes a transverse recess or slot 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2000Publication date: June 21, 2001Inventors: Richard Taffender, Michael Cordell
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Patent number: 6237269Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for constructing a rotatable label and attaching the rotatable label to a container. The rotatable label system includes an inner label attached to the container and a rotatable outer label. The inner label may have adhesive on a rear surface of a trailing end alone, or it may have adhesive on a rear surface of both the leading and trailing end for fixedly attaching it to a container. The outer label only has adhesive on a rear surface of a trailing end to secure the outer label to itself. A leading end is temporarily affixed to the container while the outer label is wrapped around the container. Once the trailing end is attached to a front surface of the leading end, the outer label can be rotated about the container over the inner label. Longitudinal movement of the outer label relative to the container may be restricted by disposing the outer label between top and bottom label panels formed on the container.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Stephen Key Design, LLCInventor: Stephen M. Key
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Patent number: 6219947Abstract: The present device provides a baggage tag attachable to the handle of a piece of baggage for displaying indicia of the identification and destination of a passenger owning the baggage. The tag has a first or base ply and a second tear-resistant ply or liner. The underside faces of the base ply and tear-resistant liner are arranged for engagement with one another. An adhesive is disposed between the base ply and the liner for releasably sealing them together. It is preferred that a release coating be applied to the underside face of the liner. This allows the removal of the liner from the adhesive layer, allowing the adhesive to remain with the base ply. The base ply and liner each have cuts proximate one end thereof defining a claim stub. Upon removal of the claim stub, a length of the underside face of the base ply adjacent the base ply cut is exposed with the adhesive permitting the two tag ends to be secured around a bag handle.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Inventor: Dennis F. Francis
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Patent number: 6217958Abstract: A decorative ornament for a hood of an automobile includes a weather resistant first layer and a second layer adhesively bonded to said first weather resistant layer. The first weather resistant layer may have a design printed or placed on by other technique including by ink or photography. The second layer has magnetic properties which connects the second layer flatly and firmly to the hood of the car to decorate the car.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Inventors: Ira Blyden, Van Blyden
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Patent number: 6212807Abstract: A variable character display and a method for making and using the display is provided. The display is composed of three layers of material including a substrate layer having an adhesive side and a non-adhesive side of a first color. A backing layer is secured to the adhesive side of the substrate and a front layer having an adhesive backing is secured to the non-adhesive side of the substrate layer. The front layer is provided with a plurality of individual removable sections arranged in at least one figure eight configuration. The individual sections are selectively removable to form a specific number on the substrate layer. The individual sections are a second color that is different than the first color.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Inventor: Robert J. Wright
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Patent number: 6213519Abstract: A repositionable securement strip with message for business and courtesy cards includes a strip of paper having a front side and a back side and further having a first narrow band of repositionable adhesive disposed transversely on the back side for removably attaching the strip of paper to an object. The repositionable securement strip further includes a second narrow band of repositionable adhesive disposed transversely and intermediate on the front side for removably securing the card thereon and also includes a special message being informational or courtesy imprinted near the bottom edge on the front side of the strip of paper. This repositionable securement strip allows the user to neatly arrange and removably secure the card to an object to substantially prevent the loss of the card before the receiver even receives it.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1997Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Inventor: Michael C. Bosch
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Publication number: 20010000086Abstract: The task indicator decals imprinted with coding means including informative colors, symbolic pictographs, alphanumeric descriptors and/or bar codes and having adhesive backing means for mounting on equipment or equipment components to express preventive maintenance or condition monitoring task information at the point of service. Computer directed processes of making task indicator decals and the use of task indicator decals in preventive maintenance or condition monitoring systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2000Publication date: April 5, 2001Inventor: Jeffrey Lewis
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Patent number: 6199309Abstract: A merchandising marker such as a tag or card including an electronic article surveillance (EAS) security device for use with EAS systems in order to protect merchandise from unauthorized removal from a controlled area. The security device can be embedded into the marker to form a unitary structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Contempo Card Company, Inc.Inventor: Vark Markarian
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Patent number: 6148550Abstract: A money pocket adapted to be selectively fastened to the internal surface of a greeting card is provided. In a first embodiment, the money pocket includes a sheet of material having front and rear surfaces, a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of side edges. A continuous or discontinuous adhesive bead or strip is located adjacent the bottom and side edges. The adhesive strip is covered by a cover strip to prevent the adhesive from inadvertently becoming stuck to another object. In use, the cover strips are removed from the adhesive strip(s) and the back surface of the money pocket is secured to the inner surface of a greeting card. Since there is no adhesive adjacent the top edge of the money pocket, the top edge defines an opening to a pocket into which money or checks can be securely positioned. Alternately, the money pocket may include first and second sheets of material which together define a pocket.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1999Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Inventor: Vincent Niedfeld
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Patent number: 6145231Abstract: A marketing display device such as a shelf or a "Pegboard" type hanger is provided with an outer display panel that has a release coating, such as of silicone, for ready attachment, removal and replacement of adhesive labels that carry indicia pertinent to the marketing of products on the hangers to passing potential customers. In one preferred embodiment the release coating is carried on a liner that is adhesively attached to the shelf or hanger for such removable mounting of labels and wherein the liner, including the attaching adhesive, also is readily and cleanly removable by peeling the liner from the surface to which it is adhered.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1997Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.Inventor: Thomas E. Valiulis
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Patent number: 6125563Abstract: A container apparatus having a label for grasping the container to which it is attached includes a receiving surface and a label partially affixed to the container. The label includes a first portion of filmic material affixed to the receiving surface for displaying printed matter and a second portion of filmic material extending outward from the receiving surface, the second portion of filmic material having two back-to-back layers forming a handle of sufficient length to allow grasping thereof with one's fingers. The label-handle further includes an apparatus for affixing a label to a container in a fashion whereby the label forms a handle for grasping the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Inventor: Philippe H. Girerd
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Patent number: 6073377Abstract: An over-wrap label for a container includes a label substrate having a first end and a second end, a first major surface and a second major surface. The first major surface includes a first area of adhesive material adapted to secure the first end of the label substrate to the container, a second area of adhesive material adjacent to the second end of the label substrate, and at least one portion of the first major surface remains free of adhesive. The second major surface includes an area of release material, the label being of a size such that the second end of the label substrate extends around the container and overlaps the first end. The second end is releasably securable to the second major surface of the label substrate by contacting the second area of adhesive material with the area of release material.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1997Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: The Standard Register CompanyInventor: Rajendra Mehta
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Patent number: 6058636Abstract: An apparatus and method for securing a closed lid on a water cooler containing potable water, and for labeling the water cooler, the apparatus comprising a safety seal tape and a safety tag. An outer side of the safety seal tape is imprinted with repeating indicia indicating that the lid is not to be removed from the cooler. An outer side of the safety tag is imprinted with indicia indicating that the cooler contains potable water. Inner sides of the tape and tag have a pressure sensitive adhesive which is capable of removably bonding the tape and tag to the water cooler. The tape is wrapped around the closed lid to secure the lid on the cooler, and the tag is adhered to the cooler, the tape and tag together providing notice that the cooler contains potable water and that the lid is not to be removed. The safety tag can be provided with various features which can be incorporated into a record keeping system for verifying compliance with applicable regulations.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1998Date of Patent: May 9, 2000Assignee: Floyd H. HutchinsonInventor: Steve G. Colkmire
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Patent number: 6052929Abstract: A mnemonic temperature marking system for fluid valves, especially of the type used in bathing vessels such as bathtubs and showers. Any user can easily, quickly, and accurately set the valve so that water of the desired temperature will flow when the valve is adjusted so that the marker is aligned with a pointing arrow on the valve. The marking system comprises a plurality of individual, personalized, or unique markers (16). Users of the bathing vessel adhere the markers to the valve (knob (14) or escutcheon (10)) at respective positions where such users' desired water temperature settings are adjacent the valve's fiducial marker (12). The markers can comprise graphic symbols (16', 26), letters (32), or markers (34) which can have a plurality of letters (for initials of a user) adhered.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1998Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Inventor: Herbert Canadas
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Patent number: 6037027Abstract: A releasing agent is applied to opposite side edge portions of a tack sheet to form releasing regions. A laminated sheet provided with an adhesive layer having exposed opposite side edge portions is overlaid on the tack sheet. The laminated sheet is bonded to the tack sheet through portions of the adhesive layer not corresponding to the releasing regions. The laminated sheet is punched to form a plurality of divisions, and the divisions are bonded to the tack sheet by the portions of the adhesive layer not corresponding to the releasing regions. Portions having a desired figure of the tack sheet are punched out to provide adhesive labels.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1997Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Nakano, Yoki Abe
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Patent number: 6035568Abstract: A label product, and method for forming the same, for attaching to a package and having, as a part thereof, at least one removable portion which the user may detach from the package and reapply to a second package.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1996Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignees: Pharmagraphics (Midwest), L.L.C., Pharmagraphics (Southeast), L.L.C.Inventors: Glenn A. Grosskopf, Carl W. Treleaven
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Patent number: 6036231Abstract: A printer blank for a computer system printer is disclosed. The blank has a contiguous pressure adhesive backed label section and may also have a larger plain paper section separated from the label section by a perforation line. The label section is comprised of a plurality of adhesive backed labels and a backing sheet, including a main label portion and at least one smaller auxiliary label. A preferred blank comprises a plurality of auxiliary labels. In use, at least one, but preferably not all, of the auxiliary labels on such a preferred blank are simultaneously removed from the backing sheet with the main label portion. Any auxiliary label(s) simultaneously removed with the main label but not printed upon are readily separated from the main label.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: Automatic Business Products Company, Inc.Inventors: Richard W. Foote, Richard Young
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Patent number: 6023865Abstract: A round label for providing identifying indicia on a bottle having a bottom wall having a flat, annular edge portion and a concave depression in the middle of the annular edge portion. The label has an attachment for attaching the label in the concave depression of the bottle. The attachment includes a ring-shaped edge portion having a layer of adhesive on at least one side to affix the label to the side walls of the concave depression, and a circular interior labeling portion which is surrounded by the ring-shaped edge portion and which traverses the concave depression. A plurality of notches are provided in the edge portion of the label. The notches extend radially-inwardly towards the center of the label. The edge portion of the label is bent transverses to the labeling portion of the label and fastened to the side walls in the concave depression such that the labeling surface traverses the concave depression and is spaced apart from the flat annular edge portion of the bottom wall of the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1997Date of Patent: February 15, 2000Inventor: Jurgen Preuss
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Patent number: 6013346Abstract: A display sticker with integral LED flasher circuit and power source adapted to be adhesively affixed to and readily removed from a fabric article. A printed circuit board having an LED, a control circuit and a battery is adhesively affixed to the back surface of a thin flexible sheet having printed indicia on its front surface. A rubber-based, pressure-sensitive adhesive is provided on the back surface of the flexible sheet to adhere the circuit board thereto, and also to adhere the sticker assembly to a fabric article such as an article of clothing.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1997Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Buztronics, Inc.Inventors: Edward D. Lewis, Raymond W. Leung
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Patent number: 6006669Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for automatically affixing notes to a moving printed web which has a plurality of repeat lengths, each of the notes being automatically applied at the same relative location in each of a plurality of repeat lengths of the printed web. The apparatus includes a note feed device adapted to receive a note web consisting of a carrier web and a plurality of removable notes disposed on the carrier web. The apparatus also includes a note handler operatively coupled to separate the notes from the carrier web and cause them to be applied to the printed web and a controller adapted to control the note feed device so as to cause each of the notes to be applied to the printed web in a predetermined position in each of the repeat lengths of the printed web.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1998Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: Hurletron, IncorporatedInventors: David M. Klein, Steven J. Siler
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Patent number: 6003902Abstract: An assembly for mailing an article requiring delivery by a special service and a method for using the same are provided. The assembly includes a plurality of generic mailing labels having back sides adhesively and detachably affixed to a single backing sheet. Each label may be imaged with all of the information necessary to serve as one of many types of special service mailing labels. Removal of a label from the associated backing sheet allows the label to be permanently affixed to a mailpiece. Upon delivery of the mailpiece, a return receipt postcard portion of the label may be removed and forwarded to the sender of the mailpiece as a return receipt.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1997Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Inventor: Glenn Petkovsek
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Patent number: 5997042Abstract: A transactional control system, a promotional system, and a redemption system including a set of a card and a removable and reusable label. The removable and reusable label having a first side printed with indicia thereon, and a second side coated with a reusable adhesive layer suitable for affixing the label to either a first or a second planar side of the card. The label, printed with a registration indicia thereon, can be removed from the transaction card without leaving residue on the card and can be affixed to a registration form for registration of a holder of the transaction card. Alternatively, the label printed with a redeemable coupon indicia thereon, can be removed from a promotion card and affixed to a transaction receipt for associating a particular transaction with the redeemable coupon. In another embodiment the label is printed and scored to form individually removable segments which can be removed from the redemption card and redeemed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1996Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Arthur Blank & Company, Inc.Inventor: Eric Blank
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Patent number: 5970640Abstract: An integrated shelf talker, comprising a paper substrate having a front surface and a back surface, each of the front and back surfaces having first and second end edges and a medially disposed portion, the substrate having a vertical perforation along the entire length thereof and located in the medial portion of the front and back surfaces to divide the substrate into first and second sections, the substrate further having a strip of repositionable adhesive applied to the medial portion of one of the front and back surfaces such that when the substrate is separated into the first and second sections along the vertical perforation, each of the first and second end edges is free of adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Moore U.S.A. Inc.Inventor: David L. Farrow
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Patent number: 5970638Abstract: An object, such as a dried and pressed flower, is to be mounted between a transparent electrostatic vinyl sheet and a cover film with the object being tightly sealed therebetween. The electrical properties of the electrostatic vinyl film are to permit the resulting sealed ornament to be applied onto a clean, flat, non-porous surface with the static electricity of the electrostatic vinyl film fixing the sealed ornament in position.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1998Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Inventor: Lorinda B. Henley
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Patent number: 5970641Abstract: A foldable article indicia strip and method for size labeling a foldable article garment. A strip of flexible material has indicia repeatedly printed along a first major surface thereof. The indicia are printed using symbols having a height no greater than the width of an edge of said foldable article. A second major surface of the strip has a pressure sensitive adhesive material bonded thereto. In use, the second surface of the strip is affixed to a foldable article at a predetermined position whereby sizing information of the foldable article can be determined by reading said strip when the foldable article is folded.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Haggar Clothing Co.Inventor: Frank D. Bracken, Jr.
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Patent number: 5964349Abstract: A cassette storing a recording medium therein and having an opening for recording information on and/or reproducing information from the recording medium therethrough, or a storage case for storing such a cassette has, on its outer surface, a label area made of a phosphorescent material for allowing information to be written with a writing instrument.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1998Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hirokazu Odagiri
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Patent number: 5958536Abstract: A self-adhesive label for a bottle, such as a pharmaceutical stock bottle, comprises an adhesive layer and a release-liner. An adhesive section and a detachable section are die cut into the adhesive layer. The adhesive and detachable sections are removably attached to a release-liner which is coated with a non-stick composition. The detachable section is superimposed on a portion of the release-liner which is larger than the detachable section but smaller than the adhesive section. When the adhesive layer is separated from the release liner and adhered to a first surface, the detachable section of the adhesive layer remains under the detachable section. The first surface may be a pharmacist's stock bottle. Thus, the detachable section (e.g., a sticker containing useful information for a patient) may be detached from the balance of the label and adhered to second surface, such as the surface of a patient's bottle.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1997Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: The Challenge Printing CompanyInventors: Timothy L. Gelsinger, Michael DiMatteo
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Patent number: 5909805Abstract: A label assembly for a package sleeve accommodating a storage media disc in a sleeve cavity thereof. The label assembly includes a removable tear strip assembly having a pair of removable tear strips with one of the tear strips covering the sleeve cavity such that when the tear strips are detached along perforation lines, the disc can be removed from the sleeve cavity. The tear strips also have a deadened adhesive backing so that no adhesive can contact the disc. In this label assembly, a first information section and a second information section are positioned on opposite sides of the tear strip assembly. The first information section includes mailing identification information for identifying mailing information regarding the package sleeve and the second information section includes disc identification information providing product identification information regarding the storage media disc accommodated within the package sleeve. This label assembly also providing for evidence of tampering.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1997Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignees: Sony Corporation, Digital Audio Disc CorporationInventor: Phillip K. Neely
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Patent number: 5902439Abstract: Self-adhesive stamps comprising: a layer (2) of stamp paper bearing a printed stamp design on its front and having perfoated edges (6), a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive (5) on the back of the stamp paper, and a peelable backing sheet (7) covering the adhesive, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is patterned such that there is little or no adhesive adjacent to the perorated edges of the stamp paper. Preferably, the pressure-sensitive adhesive is a hot-melt adhesive, and preferably the adhesive is applied by printing. Also a method of making such stamps comprising the steps of: providing a sheet or web of stamp paper having lines of perforations defining stamps therein, followed by coating the back of the stamp paper with a patterned layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive and a peelable backing sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1996Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: De La Rue International LimitedInventors: John Alec Pike, William James Dorricott
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Patent number: 5884425Abstract: An anti-tamper tag arrangement includes a release liner and a thin film strip having first and second sides and a longitudinal direction. The thin film strip has a tear weakness in the longitudinal direction and a resistance to tear in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, the first side of the thin film strip has a first region containing a pair of parallel slits extending in the longitudinal direction of the thin film strip and a transverse slit connecting the pair of parallel slits to form a tear strip and a second region for being printed with variable print information located outside of the first region and being in a longitudinal tear path of the tear strip defined by the pair of parallel slits. A coating of pressure-sensitive adhesive is deposited on the second side of the thin film strip. The thin film strip is removably fixed to the release liner by the adhesive coating.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1998Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventor: John Baldwin
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Patent number: 5874142Abstract: A carrier assembly including a label, coupon, booklet or the like for application to a container or other receiver which has an elongated flexible carrier web having opposed faces, one face being equipped with adhesive, the other face being equipped with release material, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced web-units attached to the one face, the carrier web being convolutely wound with the space between the web-units exposing said adhesive.Also disclosed is the method of preparing and the method of using wherein the wound roll is unwound and one web-units sequentially dispensed as by severing a segment from the carrier web and applying the same to a receiver.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1995Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Wallace Computer Services, Inc.Inventor: Donald J. Hoffmann
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Patent number: 5860238Abstract: An expanded content label (ECL) having a segmented base label that allows the label to conform to a curved surface. A booklet and covering overlaminate are secured to the spaced-apart segments of the base to interconnect the segments. The gap between the segments enhances the ability of the label to flex and move along a supporting curved surface to conform to the surface without buckling or wrinkling. The label is produced by die cutting a web to form a segmented base label, securing a booklet to the segmented base label, and optionally securing an overlaminate to the booklet. At least one of the booklet and the overlaminate bridge the segments of the base label. In an alternative embodiment, the overlaminate is eliminated and the booklet includes a coversheet that extends across the gap between the base label segments.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1996Date of Patent: January 19, 1999Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.Inventor: Robert J. Anderson
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Patent number: 5853836Abstract: A rolled food item (110) is formed by rolling a strip of food (14) supported on support material (16) around the cut leading edge into a roll having multiple rotations with the strip of support material (16) located on the outside of the roll. A label (68) is attached to the support material (16) and extends over the trailing edge of the support material (16). Adhesive (120) is applied as a solid layer over the entire inside surface (112) of the label (68). Masking (122, 124, 130) is applied over the adhesive (120) which interferes with the adhesive properties of the adhesive (120).Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1997Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventor: Robert A. Zoss
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Patent number: 5832641Abstract: A wiring device such as a switch or receptacle includes a sheet suitable for receiving markings from a pencil or ball-point pen affixed to a predetermined surface area of the device. A conventional wall plate is secured to the device by a screw passing through coaxial openings in the wall plate, the sheet and the surface area of the device and secured in a threaded opening. In the disclosed embodiment, the device is a duplex receptacle with the surface area and sheet lying between the two plug-receiving portions. Indicia placed on the sheet by the installer indicates the specific circuit, i.e., the breaker and panel, in which the device is connected.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1996Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: James A. Osterbrock, Michael R. Bryndzia
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Patent number: 5806222Abstract: A computer disk label includes an outer panel including a base portion for being connected to the disk jacket, a flapper portion connected to the base portion so that the flapper portion is movable between a closed position adjacent the jacket and an open position extending outwardly from the base portion, and a pocket defining portion connected to the base portion for defining a pocket in cooperation with an adjacent portion of the disk jacket. In addition, the disk label preferably includes a flapper panel connected to the flapper portion and being movable therewith between the closed and open positions. The flapper panel preferably has a tip extending outwardly beyond an edge of the flapper portion of the outer panel so that the tip of the flapper panel may be received within the pocket when in the closed position. The label may include an intermediate panel positioned between the base portion of the outer jacket panel and the jacket and between the flapper portion of the outer panel and the flapper panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1996Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Inventor: Kenneth E. Shaffer
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Patent number: 5776571Abstract: The combined form and label construction has a label portion with a glue frame on the back side for securement to a shipping container. A form portion is secured to the label portion for processing through a laser printer or the like to receive information. In one embodiment, the form portion is removable from the label portion to permit the label portion to be secured along three lines of glue to a shipping carton to form a pocket therewith. The form portion is then folded and inserted into the pocket and the remainder of the label portion is then secured to the shipping carton to seal the pocket. In the embodiments, the form portion is folded under the label portion within the glue frame prior to securement of the label portion to a container. A tear strip in the label portion allows for opening of the pocket to permit removal of the form portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1995Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: Transkrit CorporationInventors: Irving R. Michlin, Guy Kiraly, Frank H. Neubauer
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Patent number: 5773111Abstract: A color coded warning label in which the color code has a removable opaque coating and the label is provided with a self-laminating flap for protecting the removable coating prior to use and for making the code permanent during use is described. A method for using the color coded label to quantify the level of a hazard is also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 1996Date of Patent: June 30, 1998Assignee: Permar Systems, Inc.Inventor: Blair Meloy Brewster
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Patent number: 5769653Abstract: A wiring device such as a switch or receptacle includes a sheet suitable for receiving markings from a pencil or ball-point pen affixed to a predetermined surface area of the device. A conventional wall plate is secured to the device by a screw passing through coaxial openings in the wall plate, the sheet and the surface area of the device and secured in a threaded opening. In the disclosed embodiment, the device is a duplex receptacle with the surface area and sheet lying between the two plug-receiving portions. Indicia placed on the sheet by the installer indicates the specific circuit, i.e., the breaker and panel, in which the device is connected.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1997Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: James A. Osterbrock, Michael R. Bryndzia
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Patent number: 5766795Abstract: Multilayer adhesive label which is shrinkable on a circumferential surface of a body, particularly of a dry-cell battery, including a carrier layer for an outwardly visible imprint which is covered with a transparent protective layer, whose outermost layer is formed by means of an at least axially stretched, transparent laminated foil of shrinkable plastics material. The carrier layer may have at least one cut in the vicinity of its edge extending along the generating line of the circumferential surface of the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1997Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: Zweckform Etikettiertechnik GmbHInventors: Rolf Will, Hans-Peter Ast
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Patent number: 5732495Abstract: The twist tie article permits simultaneous banding and tagging of merchandise and has a twist tie for banding about merchandise and a tag comprised of an information portion for displaying printed matter and an attachment portion for attaching the tag to itself after encircling the tag about a section of the twist tie. The tag is formed of water resistant sheet material folded along the boundary between the information and attachment portions with the portions extending from the fold in an approximately parallel orientation. The attachment portion is bonded to the information portion, with the twist tie situated between the information and attachment portions and between the fold and the bond. The tag is thereby securely and reliably attached about the twist tie without need for relying upon the formation of a bond between the tag and the twist tie.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1996Date of Patent: March 31, 1998Assignee: Bedford Industries, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Lowe, Terry L. Langland
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Patent number: 5722538Abstract: A label assembly for a package sleeve accommodating a storage media disc in a sleeve cavity thereof. The label assembly includes a removable tear strip covering the sleeve cavity such that when the tear strip is detached along perforation lines, the disc can be removed from the sleeve cavity. The tear strip also has a deadened adhesive portion so that no adhesive can contact the disc. In this label assembly, a first face and a second face are positioned on opposite sides of the tear strip. The first face includes mailing identification information regarding the package sleeve and the second face includes disc identification information regarding the storage media disc accommodated within the package sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1996Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Assignees: Sony Corporation, Digital Audio Disc CorporationInventors: Phillip K. Neely, Joseph D. Cresgy
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Patent number: 5718010Abstract: A pillow with advertising collar includes an elongated pillow having enlarged ends and a smaller diameter central portion with a generally cylindrical collar encircling the central portion and having printed indicia on an outward face thereof. The collar has a diameter greater than the central portion but less than the ends of the pillows, thereby retaining the collar in position on the pillow.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: Products Unlimited, Inc.Inventor: Michael B. Beier
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Patent number: 5715934Abstract: A label for applying to a CD includes a label adhering section and a detachable centering section integral therewith. The centering section is shaped so that the label registers exactly on center on the CD when the outside edge of the centering section abut the inside surfaces of the portable container in which the CD is housed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Assignee: Avery DennisonInventors: Gretchen Tobol, Omar Attia, Brett Ulrich
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Patent number: 5704649Abstract: A packaging label includes a first portion with permanent pressure sensitive adhesive on its bottom face and a second portion substantially perpendicular to the first portion and having permanent pressure sensitive adhesive on the bottom face remote from the first portion. The second portion typically includes nutritional information and bar coding since the label is typically used with clam shell plastic packages for fruits or other food items. The first portion of the label is adhesively secured to the lid of a clam shell container and after the container is filled with food items, the lid is closed, the second portion of the label is unfolded from a compact position which facilitates stacking and transportation, and the adhesive on the second portion is secured to the bottom of the container, holding the lid closed. The bar coding is preferably on the top face of the second portion opposite the adhesive so that it can be scanned merely by dragging the bottom of the container over a scanner (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1995Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Moore Business Forms, Inc.Inventor: Tobby Lynn Small
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Patent number: 5704144Abstract: A beverage container identification tag for attaching to a beverage container to allow a drinker or others to identify the ownership of the beverage stored in the beverage container. The beverage container identification tag includes a tag body made of a thin strip of a flexible material for wrapping around a beverage container. The beverage container identification tag also includes a display area for placement thereon identifying indicia, such as for example a name or other symbol. One end of the tag body carries a tacky adhesive, which is used to connect that end to a selected overlapped location on the tag body after it is wrapped snugly around a beverage container.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1996Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Inventor: Francis R. Groth